2020 League of Legends World Championship

Tenth League of Legends World Championship, held in Shanghai

2020 League of Legends World Championship

Tournament information
Game| League of Legends
Location| China
Dates| 25 September–31 October
Administrator| Riot Games

Tournament
format(s)

* 10 team single round-robin play-in stage
* 16 team double round-robin group stage
* 8 team single-elimination bracket

Venue(s)|

2 (in Shanghai)

* Shanghai Media Tech Studio (play-ins, groups, quarterfinals, semifinals)
* Pudong Football Stadium (finals)

Teams| 22
Final positions
Champion| Damwon Gaming
Runner-up| Suning
Tournament statistics
Attendance| Peak viewership: 46,067,896[1]
MVP| Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu (Damwon Gaming)

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The 2020 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the tenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from 25 September to 31 October in Shanghai, China.[2] Twenty-two teams from eleven regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits, such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia, with ten of those teams having to reach the main "groups" event via a play-in stage.

"Take Over" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Henry Lau, Max Schneider, and A Day to Remember's lead vocalist Jeremy McKinnon.[3]

## Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues

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The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, affected the multi-city hosting format that was present previously. On 1 August, Riot Games announced the dates and location of the event, with all stages taking place in Shanghai through the use of an "isolation bubble" environment.[4]

In September 2020, Riot Games announced that due to travel restrictions, two teams from VCS of Vietnam would not participate in the tournament.[5]

During the 2020 Worlds Group Draw Show, it was revealed that PSG Talon's members "River" and "Tank" would be unable to attend the play-in stage due to delayed visas and quarantine issues,[6] and that Hsiao "Kongyue" Jen-tso and Chen "Uniboy" Chang-chu would be loaned from ahq eSports Club to replace them. The organization confirmed this in an official announcement the next day, and further stated that "Unified" would also be unable to participate in the first half of the play-in stage for the same reason. Chen "Dee" Chun-dee was loaned from Machi Esports to replace Unified.[7]

## Qualified teams and rosters

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### Qualified teams

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As the two Vietnamese teams (the Champion's Team Flash and Runner-up's GAM Esports of VCS Summer) are unable to participate, the third seed team from South Korea (LCK) will be promoted to start in the main group stage, as they were previously dropped to the play-in stage. The qualification format for North America and Europe changed with teams directly qualifying based on the results from their respective summer playoffs. Due to the merger of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) and the Southeast Asian (LST) professional leagues into a single league (PCS) and have been reduced number of Worlds' spots from 4 to 2, Europe (LEC) will have another direct spot in the group stage and China (LPL) will have an additional spot in the play-in stage for the regional finals runner-up.[8]

For the pool, the Main Group stage's pool #2 with 8 teams like as last year will be split to two pools #2 and pool #3, with 4 teams each pool. Qualified teams from Play-in stage will be drawn as pool #4. The Play-in stage's pool #3 in last year will be merged into pool #2, increased to 6 teams.[9]

Region  | League  | Qualification Path  | Team  | ID  | Pool

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Started from Group Stage
China  | LPL  | Summer Champion  |  Top Esports | TES  | 1
Most Championship Points  |  JD Gaming | JDG  | 2
Regional Finals Winner  |  Suning | SN
Europe  | LEC  | Summer Champion  |  G2 Esports | G2  | 1
Summer Runner-Up  |  Fnatic | FNC  | 2
Summer 3rd Place  |  Rogue | RGE  | 3
South Korea  | LCK  | Summer Champion  |  Damwon Gaming | DWG  | 1
Most Championship Points  |  DRX | DRX  | 2
Regional Finals Winner  |  Gen.G | GEN  | 3
North America  | LCS  | Summer Champion  |  Team SoloMid | TSM  | 1
Summer Runner-Up  |  FlyQuest | FLY  | 3
TW/HK/MO/SEA  | PCS  | Summer Champion  |  Machi Esports | MCX  | 3
Started from Play-in Stage
China  | LPL  | Regional Finals Runner-Up  |  LGD Gaming | LGD  | 1
Europe  | LEC  | Summer 4th Place  |  MAD Lions | MAD
North America  | LCS  | Summer 3rd Place  |  Team Liquid | TL
TW/HK/MO/SEA  | PCS  | Summer Runner-Up  |  PSG Talon | PSG
CIS  | LCL  | Summer Champion  |  Unicorns of Love | UOL  | 2
Latin America  | LLA  |  Rainbow7  | R7
Turkey  | TCL  |  SuperMassive Esports  | SUP
Brazil  | CBLOL  |  INTZ  | ITZ
Japan  | LJL  |  V3 Esports  | V3
Oceania  | OPL  |  Legacy Esports  | LGC

## Venues

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Shanghai was the city chosen to host the competition.[2][10] Almost all matches were played at Shanghai Media Tech Studio without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the final match was held at Pudong Football Stadium.

Shanghai, China

Play-in Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals
Shanghai Media Tech Studio  | Pudong Football Stadium
Capacity: 0 | Capacity: 33,765

Shanghai

## Play-in stage

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* Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio.

### Play-in groups

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* Date and time: 25–28 September, began at 16:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
* Ten teams are drawn into two groups, with five teams in each group.
* Single round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
* If teams have same win–loss record at the end of play-ins, they play a tie-breaker match. A two-way tie is not broken by the results of the head-to-head game those teams played, however the team that won in the head-to-head gets side selection in the tiebreaker game.[11]
* The top team automatically qualifies for the main event's group stage, while 2nd to 4th-place of each group advance to the play-in knockouts and 2nd-place receives a bye to Round 2. The bottom team is eliminated.

#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Team Liquid  | 5  | 4  | 1  | .800  | Advance to group stage
2  | Legacy Esports  | 5  | 3  | 2  | .600  | Advance to play-in knockouts round 1
3  | SuperMassive Esports  | 4  | 2  | 2  | .500  | Advance to play-in knockouts round 2
4  | MAD Lions  | 5  | 2  | 3  | .400
5  | INTZ  | 5  | 1  | 4  | .200  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | PSG Talon  | 5  | 4  | 1  | .800  | Advance to group stage
2  | Unicorns of Love  | 5  | 3  | 2  | .600  | Advance to play-in knockouts round 1
3  | Rainbow7  | 4  | 2  | 2  | .500  | Advance to play-in knockouts round 2
4  | LGD Gaming  | 5  | 2  | 3  | .400
5  | V3 Esports  | 5  | 1  | 4  | .200  |

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

### Play-in knockouts

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* Date and time: 29–30 September
* King of the hill format with two branch. Single-elimination. All matches are best-of-five.
* The 3rd-place and 4th-place teams from the same group play each other in Round 1. Winner will play against with the 2nd-place team from other group in Round 2.
* The upper-place team chooses the side for all odd-numbered games, while the lower-place team chooses the side of even-numbered games.
* The winners of the Round 2 in each branch advances to the main event's group stage.

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| Round 1| | | Round 2
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| | A2|  Legacy Esports| 0
| B3|  Rainbow7| 0| | | B4|  LGD Gaming| 3
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| B4|  LGD Gaming| 3| | |
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| | B2|  Unicorns of Love| 3
| A3|  SuperMassive Esports| 3| | | A3|  SuperMassive Esports| 0
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| A4|  MAD Lions| 2| | |
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Source: LoL Esports

## Group stage

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* Venue: Shanghai Media Tech Studio.
* Date and time: 3–11 October, began at 16:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
* Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups with four teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group.
* Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one.
* If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for first or second place.
* Top two teams will advance to Playoff Stage. Bottom two teams are eliminated.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Suning  | 7  | 5  | 2  | .714  | Advance to knockouts
2  | G2 Esports  | 7  | 4  | 3  | .571
3  | Team Liquid  | 6  | 3  | 3  | .500  |
4  | Machi Esports  | 6  | 1  | 5  | .167

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Damwon Gaming  | 6  | 5  | 1  | .833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | JD Gaming  | 6  | 4  | 2  | .667
3  | PSG Talon  | 6  | 2  | 4  | .333  |
4  | Rogue  | 6  | 1  | 5  | .167

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | Gen.G  | 6  | 5  | 1  | .833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | Fnatic  | 6  | 4  | 2  | .667
3  | LGD Gaming  | 6  | 3  | 3  | .500  |
4  | Team SoloMid  | 6  | 0  | 6  | .000

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

### Group D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification

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1  | TOP Esports  | 6  | 5  | 1  | .833  | Advance to knockouts
2  | DRX  | 6  | 4  | 2  | .667
3  | FlyQuest  | 6  | 3  | 3  | .500  |
4  | Unicorns of Love  | 6  | 0  | 6  | .000

Source: LoL Esports
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) Tiebreaker match(es); 3) Total game victory time[a]

## Playoff stage

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* Date and time: 15–31 October, all matches will begin at 18:00 CST (UTC +08:00).
* Eight teams are drawn into a single elimination bracket.
* All matches are best-of-five.
* The 1st-place team of each group is drawn against the 2nd-place team of a different group.
* Teams from same group will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning they cannot play each other until the Finals.

| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| D1|  Top Esports| 3
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| C2|  Fnatic| 2| |
| | |  Top Esports| 1
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| | |  Suning| 3| |
| A1|  Suning| 3| | | |
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| B2|  JD Gaming| 1| |
| | |  Suning| 1
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| | |  Damwon Gaming| 3
| C1|  Gen.G| 0| | | | |
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| A2|  G2 Esports| 3| |
| | |  G2 Esports| 1|
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| | |  Damwon Gaming| 3| | |
| B1|  Damwon Gaming| 3| | | |
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| D2|  DRX| 0| |
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Source: LoL Esports

## Ranking

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### Team ranking

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* (*) Not include tie-break games.
* The Vietnamese teams from VCS Summer who are unable to attend will be earned a 2.1% of prize pool, with 1.5% of Main Group Stage seed for the Champion (Team Flash) and 0.6% of Play-in Groups seed for the Runner-up (GAM Esports).

Place  | Region  | Team  | PG  | PK1  | PK2  | GS  | QF  | SF  | Finals  | Prize (%)  | Prize (USD)

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1st  | LCK  |  Damwon Gaming  | –  | –  | –  | 5–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 25%  | $556,250
2nd  | LPL  |  Suning*  | –  | –  | –  | 4–2  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 17.5%  | $389,375
3rd–4th  | LEC  |  G2 Esports*  | –  | –  | –  | 4–2  | 3–0  | 1–3  |  | 9%  | $200,250
LPL  |  Top Esports  | –  | –  | –  | 5–1  | 3–2  | 1–3
5th–8th  | LEC  |  Fnatic  | –  | –  | –  | 4–2  | 2–3  |  |  | 4.5%  | $100,125
LCK  |  Gen.G  | –  | –  | –  | 5–1  | 0–3
LPL  |  JD Gaming  | –  | –  | –  | 4–2  | 1–3
LCK  |  DRX  | –  | –  | –  | 4–2  | 0–3
9th–11th  | LCS  |  Team Liquid*  | 3–1  | –  | –  | 3–3  |  |  |  | 2.5%  | $55,625
LPL  |  LGD Gaming*  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 3–3
LCS  |  FlyQuest  | –  | –  | –  | 3–3
12th  | PCS  |  PSG Talon*  | 3–1  | –  | –  | 2–4
13th–14th  | LEC  |  Rogue  | –  | –  | –  | 1–5  |  |  |  | 1.5%  | $33,375
PCS  |  Machi Esports  | –  | –  | –  | 1–5
15th–16th  | LCS  |  Team SoloMid  | –  | –  | –  | 0–6
LCL  |  Unicorns of Love*  | 3–1  | –  | 3–0  | 0–6
17th  | OPL  |  Legacy Esports*  | 3–1  | –  | 0–3  |  |  |  |  | 1%  | $22,250
18th  | TCL  |  SuperMassive Esports  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 0–3
19th  | LEC  |  MAD Lions*  | 1–3  | 2–3  |  | 0.75%  | $16,687.50
20th  | LLA  |  Rainbow7  | 2–2  | 0–3
21st–22nd  | CBLOL  |  INTZ*  | 1–3  |  | 0.6%  | $13,350
LJL  |  V3 Esports*  | 1–3
Place  | Region  | Team  | PG  | PK1  | PK2  | GS  | QF  | SF  | Finals  | Prize (%)  | Prize (USD)

### Regional ranking

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* The win-ratio is determined by number of won games compared the number of games played.
* Bracket stage wins are prioritized.
* (*) Does not include tiebreaker games.

Place  | Region  | League  | Teams  | Play-in Stage  | Main Event

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Groups
(4 games total)  | K.O Round 1
(Best-of-five)  | K.O Round 2
(Best-of-five)
Group stage
(6 games total)  | Quarterfinals
(Best-of-five)  | Semifinals
(Best-of-five)  | Finals
(Best-of-five)
1st  |
South Korea  | LCK  | 3G |  |  |  | 3 teams
14W-4L
(77.78%)  | 3 teams
3W-6L
(33.33%)  | 1 team
3W-1L
(75%)  | 1 team
3W-1L
(75%)
2nd  |
China  | LPL  | 3G+1P | 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%)  | 1 team
3W-0L
(100%)  | 1 team
3W-0L
(100%)  | 4 teams
16W-8L
(66.67%)  | 3 teams
7W-6L
(53.85%)  | 2 teams
4W-4L
(50%)  | 1 team
1W-3L
(25%)
3rd  |
Europe  | LEC  | 3G+1P | 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%)  | 1 team
2W-3L
(40%)  |  | 3 teams*
9W-9L
(50%)  | 2 teams
5W-3L
(62.50%)  | 1 team
1W-3L
(25%)  |
4th  |
North America  | LCS  | 2G+1P | 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%)  |  |  | 3 teams
6W-12L
(33.33%)  |  |
5th  |
TW/HK/MO/SEA  | PCS  | 1G+1P | 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%)  |  |  | 2 teams
3W-9L
(25%)
6th  |
CIS  | LCL  | 1P | 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%)  |  | 1 team
3W-0L
(100%)  | 1 team
0W-6L
(0%)
7th  |
Oceania  | OPL  | 1P | 1 team*
3W-1L
(75%)  |  | 1 team
0W-3L
(0%)  |
8th  |
Turkey  | TCL  | 1P | 1 team
2W-2L
(50%)  | 1 team
3W-2L
(60%)  | 1 team
0W-3L
(0%)
9th  |
Latin America  | LLA  | 1P | 1 team
2W-2L
(50%)  | 1 team
0W-3L
(0%)  |
10th–11th  |
Brazil  | CBLOL  | 1P | 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%)  |

Japan  | LJL  | 1P | 1 team*
1W-3L
(25%)

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f The total amount of time it took a team to win their games against all other teams in the tiebreaker

## References

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1. ^ "League of Legends Esports Breaks World Championship Viewership Record". Riot Games. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
2. ^ a b "2020 World Championship final heads to Shanghai". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. ^ "Riot release LoL World's 2020 official song "Take Over"". Dexerto. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
4. ^ Rand, Emily; Wolf, Jacob (1 September 2020). "Sources: Vietnamese teams won't attend League of Legends World Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
5. ^ Martell, Tom (1 September 2020). "Worlds 2020 Update: Format Changes". lolesports. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
6. ^ "LoL Esports". lolesports.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
7. ^ @PSG_Talon (16 September 2020). "Official Club Statement regarding #Worlds2020 roster. Thank you for all the support #PCSWIN #PCSLOL" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 September 2020 - via Twitter.
8. ^ "2020 World Championship Regional Seed Allocation". lolesports. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
9. ^ "Worlds 2020 Primer". lolesports. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
10. ^ "Worlds 2020 Primer". lolesports.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
11. ^ "Important note on tiebreakers for Playins". @MedicCasts Twitter. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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